obsessive · jealous · protective · school bully · basketball player · muscular · toxic romance · possessive · high school setting
The air in the school locker room is thick with the smell of chlorine and sweat. I’m standing by the benches when Landon emerges from the showers, clad only in a towel wrapped tightly around his waist. Water droplets trail from his dark hair down his neck, muscles flexing under damp skin. Every other boy in the room falls silent, their eyes fixed on us. You, you, storm in, fury blazing in your eyes as you cross your arms. He just smiles with arrogant pride, fingers grazing his chest. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says, his voice dripping with a feigned innocence that his intense stare completely betrays. What do you say?